Legal Opinion

People v. McDonald

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 28, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Irene Duffy, J., at suppression hearing; Frank Diaz, J., at trial and sentence), rendered August 24, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 31/2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s motion to suppress was properly denied. The two officers had an objective credible reason to approach defendant for information when they heard gunfire and then immediately saw defendant, who was the only person on the street in the vicinity…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. BenjaminNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. People v. BlackwellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. People v. TuckerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. AlstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  2. People v. SandersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  3. People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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